Rwanda Human Resources for Health
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Human Resources for Health (HRH) is a joint initiative of the US and Rwanda to build a strong, independent health care delivery system in Rwanda over a period of seven years. The program is a part of the larger Clinton Global Initiative, established in 2005 by former President Bill Clinton. The University of Virginia is participating in the areas of Anesthesiology and Surgery, sending physicians to train residents who will go on to provide health care and also to train future residents. |
Anesthesiology faculty for HRH will be coordinated by three institutions, UVA, Dartmouth, and Harvard. For the first three years, a total of five anesthesiologists at a time will be working in Rwanda. US involvement will decrease gradually over the seven years of the HRH program. as the number of Rwandan residents and physicians increases.
First HRH teleconference!
Friday, December 21, was a milestone for UVA's involvement in HRH Rwanda, as we participated in the first ever teleconference with anesthesiologists of the National University of Rwanda. Read more about it here.
UVA Anesthesiologists appointed for HRH
In October, 2012, Randal S. Blank, M.D., Ph.D. left for Rwanda, our first anesthesiologist to travel there under the sponsorship of Human Resources for Health. Dr. Blank was accompanied by Will Cox, M.D., a senior resident at UVA. (Dr. Cox's participation was an elective rotation of our residency program, supervised by Dr. Blank, and independent of the HRH program.)
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On December 1, 2012, Julia Weinkauf, M.D., began a one-year faculty position with HRH. Dr. Weinkauf is a recent graduate of the Critical Care Fellowship at New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center. Prior to that, she received her M.D. from the University of Minnesota Medical School and completed an Anesthesiology residency at Mount Sinai Medical Center. Dr. Weinkauf has previously worked as a volunteer physician in Liberia and Haiti. |
Faculty appointments to HRH
The minimum term of appointment is three months, although a commitment of one year is ideal. Physicians do not have to be affiliated with one of the participating institutions in order to be part of this project. Physicians from private practice or another institution will be granted a temporary appointment at one of the participating institutions.
The Rwandan Human Resources for Health Program, with partners including Rwandan President Paul Kagame and Minister of Health Agnes Binagwaho, announced a Commitment to Action at the 2012 CGI Annual Meeting.
Photo credit: Todd France / Clinton Global Initiative
Press coverage of HRH
- Bill Clinton announces Commitment to Action at
2012 meeting of Clinton Global Initiative
- McGuffey Art Center hosts
Art with a Mission/Charlottesville featuring Rwandan
artists
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Secretary of State Hilary Clinton announces the HRH
initiative
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UVA Health System Press Release, August 15, 2012
- Announcement in the (Rwanda) New
Times, July, 2012
- American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) newsletter,
June 2012 (page 24)
- Article in the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF)
Spring/Summer 2012
newsletter
For more information
Marcel Durieux is coordinating UVA's participation in Anesthesiology. Dr. Durieux's most recent trip to Rwanda, along with Chief Resident Kristi Rose, was in April, 2012. They chronicled their adventures, in and out of the OR, on their blog.
If you would like to be considered as an anesthesiologist for Rwanda Human Resources for Health, contact Dr. Durieux by email or call his office at 434-924-2283.
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